Table 3 Frequency of cancer in children* of different states of the mexican republic served by the Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social and treated in hospitals in Mexico City (1996–2001).
Diagnostic group | Chiapas | Mexico City | Guerrero | State of Mexico | Morelos | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | n | % | |
I. Leukemias | 46 | 37.4 | 280 | 43.5 | 33 | 31.7 | 377 | 51.5 | 48 | 48.0 |
II. Lymphomas** | 13 | 10.6 | 83 | 12.9 | 20 | 19.2 | 67 | 9.2 | 11 | 11.0 |
Hodgkin disease | 4 | 3.3 | 21 | 3.3 | 6 | 5.8 | 32 | 4.4 | 2 | 2.0 |
Non-Hodgkin lymphoma | 9 | 7.3 | 62 | 9.6 | 14 | 13.5 | 35 | 4.8 | 9 | 9.0 |
III. CNST | 18 | 14.6 | 85 | 13.2 | 19 | 18.3 | 67 | 9.2 | 8 | 8.0 |
IV. SNST | 1 | 0.8 | 17 | 2.6 | 7 | 6.7 | 12 | 1.6 | 2 | 2.0 |
V. Retinoblastoma | 11 | 8.9 | 22 | 3.4 | 5 | 4.8 | 31 | 4.2 | 4 | 4.0 |
VI. Renal tumors | 4 | 3.3 | 26 | 4.0 | 5 | 4.8 | 30 | 4.1 | 6 | 6.0 |
VII. Hepatic tumors | 3 | 2.4 | 18 | 2.8 | 0 | 0.0 | 8 | 1.1 | 1 | 1.0 |
VIII. Bone tumors | 9 | 7.3 | 31 | 4.8 | 7 | 6.7 | 43 | 5.9 | 7 | 7.0 |
IX. Soft tissue sarcomas | 8 | 6.5 | 35 | 5.4 | 4 | 3.8 | 36 | 4.9 | 6 | 6.0 |
X. Germ cell tumors | 6 | 4.9 | 42 | 6.5 | 2 | 1.9 | 55 | 7.5 | 5 | 5.0 |
XI. Carcinomas | 4 | 3.3 | 4 | 0.6 | 2 | 1.9 | 6 | 0.8 | 2 | 2.0 |
Total | 123 | 100 | 643 | 100 | 104 | 100 | 732 | 100 | 100 | 100 |
